CT-001 Australian Standards committee meeting held on the 19th October 2016 has agreed to the Standards and Technical reports to be submitted for project approval to Standards Australia for adoption as Australian and New Zealand standards and technical reports.

The primary changes are driven by the breakup of ISO/IEC 11801 into six parts which Australia is planning to pick up with a new descriptor in line with the international document (11801 in place of 3080), the introduction of category 8 (Class I & II) in support of 25 and 40 Gbit/s, new earthing in support of telecommunication systems (and shielded cabling), Distributed Building Services, remote power feeding and test and mitigation techniques in support of the proposed changes.

While every proposal is individual the following criteria is considered relevant for each adoption to ensure there is a net benefit for adoption of any specific document. The consideration falls into six broad categories.

·PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

·SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY IMPACT

·ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

·COMPETITION

·ECONOMIC IMPACT.

·STANDARDS AND LEGISLATION

Information on Standards Australia’s Guide to Net Benefit can be found on the Standards Australia website (GU 103)

Projects to be included in the submission

·ISO/IEC 11801-1 Information technology -- Generic cabling for customer premises -- Part 1: General requirements has been recommended to be a modified adoption so that the existing AS/NZS annexes content is retained

·ISO/IEC 61935-1 – Specification for the testing of balanced and coaxial information technology cabling - Part 1: Installed balanced cabling as specified in ISO/IEC 11801 and related standards (to be an identical adoption later once revised with Cat 8 cable specs)

·ISO/IEC 61935-2 –Specification for the testing of balanced and coaxial information technology cabling - Part 2: Cords as specified in ISO/IEC 11801 and related standards (to be an identical adoption later once revised with Cat 8 cable specs)

·The end to end link technical report is under consideration for adoption but due to the potentially misleading title which may indicate the document is of a higher status than it is, the document might not gain the necessary support for adoption.

All applications are dependent on the demonstration of Australian stakeholder organisations consultation and support. To that end if organisations, wish to support this proposal please send your support to standardsdev@vti.net.au so that your support can be included within the project proposal.

Murray Teale (Chair of CT-001-Technical Director of VTI Services) is currently drafting the project proposal and is actively seeking industry support to address industry engagement obligations.